The Apple of Discord

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by whswhs

I don't believe that the apple had any special magical qualities. It was an extremely beautiful apple, perhaps Transcendent, but the important thing about it was the label, "Kallisti," "for the most beautiful." That was brilliantly calculated to stir up dissension among the three goddesses, but I think all that took was Eris's special psychological insight.

I'm with Bill on this. I'm also not a fan of saying "everything must have stats"; that way lies AD&D and gods who could be killed by parties nowhere near the peak of their potential. Eris' golden apple was a plot device, not a collection of numbers.